The only translation I can find has to do with strings...?
I heard this phrase when someone was speaking about 四川菜, is this related to 火锅？ Is this phrase a joke of sorts about the Sichuan dialect ?
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Some days ago I had a dinner with partner from China, we were at native China restaurant, where even menu has no english. He ordered some dishes and I liked them so much!
I asked him to write me down
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I am getting married in a month's time and my Chinese-speaking father has invited some of his Chinese friends to my wedding. He is and his friends are elderly and their English is almost non-existent. ...

肉排 is Chinese for steak (e.g. 牛排 or 猪排 for beef steak and pork steak), but where did the 排 come from? As a Western cuisine dish, did the word have some roundabout origin?
排 means row/rank, which has ...

When I'm buying food in China, especially in the street but sometimes also in restaurants, people often ask me if it want "là".
I know that means "spicy" and I really enjoy spicy food. As there's not ...